Because I was born in Korea and was raised there for 10 years,
when I was attending elementary school, I learned some traditional
folk songs and instruments. Also, I learned lots of korean music
that was written for children. I still remember most of them.
After I came to the states, I have done lots of shows that involved
Korean traditional culture. The shows didn't really involve me being
on stage- except for the traditional clothing fashion shows- but more
of putting it together and coming up with the ideas of what to put on the show.
When I visit Korea now days, I go to lots of places where they do shows
of Korean folk dancing. Usually these dance shows involve lots of
Korean instruments and props. They are very fascinating to watch and listen.
My favorite folk music/dancing show is called Poong Mool Nol Ee.
It's group of people doing acrobatic moves and dances while playing percussive
instruments like drums or small hand gang and etc.
They are really loud and it really pulls the audiences in to the show.
As I grow older, I appreciate these cultural music and shows a lot more.
I think it opens my eyes and my thoughts and my views to a lot more things.
It's also another experience that I can't have in the States so the experience
of these shows and music becomes more precious for me.
Good blog. Yes, I figured you'd have some Korean music in your background! Do be sure to pipe up and share anything you think might be interesting once we get to Asia--even if we don't study Korea, you'll find connections amongst many of the various Asian countries.
답글삭제But do try to hit that 300-word mark. It seems arbitrary, I know, but it gives us all a goal to shoot for. And you might want to consider keeping the mechanics of your blogsite in English rather than Korean, since it's for a class made up primarily of English speakers. :-)
i didn't know that my blog shows up in korean in other people's computer too...... It's my computer that does that automatically....and I don't know how to fix it...if I go into a site where Korean doesn't work at all it pops up in english but sites like this and facebook... I am not sure how to fix it..
답글삭제So, I'm going to need to see a sample of this percussion-dance performance, please! Isn't it interesting that we go back to the music we were raised with. All that time I was growing up, my parents played NPR on the radio while we were in the car. What did I listen to? NSYNC! Now, I'll ditch NSYNC for Speaking of Faith, Car Talk, All Things Considered, The World, or Garrison Keeler any day!
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